So anyone got some explanation on the decals in sc2?

Seems like they are included in patch 9 so lets keep all the discussions regarding them in this thread.

nonymous

United States32 Posts

April 22 2010 19:00 GMT

yeah not sure what they are either. but we'll see. cuase i haven't gotten the launcher for the patch to start dl'ing yet.

bendez

Canada283 Posts

April 22 2010 19:01 GMT

I'm very curious to see how they implemented decals to zerg..

paper

13197 Posts

April 22 2010 19:01 GMT

are they just different model textures? e.g. thor model that comes with $100 sc2? or is that thor model completely different.

Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo

Germany2959 Posts

April 22 2010 19:01 GMT

They're emblems to stick on your units.

ComradeDover

Bulgaria758 Posts

April 22 2010 19:01 GMT

To my understanding, you earn them in a similar fashion to (Or perhaps along with) achievements, and then you can apply them in your profile and make your units look cool, have your tanks have sharks drawn on them or something, etc etc.

I look forward to actually earning a few so I know more about them.

btlyger

United States470 Posts

April 22 2010 19:02 GMT

Decals are different, I think its so you can have an "icon" on all of your units to show that they are yours. We'll see when the patch comes. (I thought decals were single player only but since they are released now I guess its multiplayer as well)

nonymous

United States32 Posts

April 22 2010 19:05 GMT

has anyone dl'd the patch yet?

ac9

Canada19 Posts

April 22 2010 19:08 GMT

pretty sure i heard somewhere that decals r icons, symbols or emblems that will be place on your units. the best example of this would be the protoss nexus. instead of the Protoss emblem, a custom decal will show

Wintermute

United States427 Posts

April 22 2010 19:10 GMT

#10

On April 23 2010 04:00 nonymous wrote:
yeah not sure what they are either. but we'll see. cuase i haven't gotten the launcher for the patch to start dl'ing yet.

The little icons that you see on shoulers, on protoss cannons, etc are the decals. You can earn different decals that let your opponent know that you are SRS BZNS.

Later on, you'll be able to pay real life money for cool decals and avatars.

It's basically just a way for Blizzard to cash in on players desire to be different, the same way they cash in on vanity pets and mounts in WoW.

I'm hoping that I can earn some thing really macho to put on my units, like two dudes hugging and sharing manly tears.

Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo

Germany2959 Posts

April 22 2010 19:11 GMT

#11

On April 23 2010 04:10 Wintermute wrote:

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Oh shut up hater...
Or don't, keep it on when it makes you happy.

Now even Decals are s.th. bad x.x

Wintermute

United States427 Posts

April 22 2010 19:14 GMT

#12

On April 23 2010 04:11 Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo wrote:

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Oh shut up hater...
Or don't, keep it on when it makes you happy.

Now even Decals are s.th. bad x.x

Excuse me? What are you babbling about? I didn't say it's a bad thing or a good thing, so stop projecting your angst onto my post.

It's simply a fact that decals exist, that you can earn them, and that eventually you'll be able to buy them on the Blizzard store. It's not exactly a secret, even if it hasn't been announced. Mike Morhaime has been talking about their desire to "monetize" battle.net since v2.0 was first announced. It's something that exists, like gravity. Like it or don't like it, but don't call me a "hater" because I'm educating you about it.

Choo

United States126 Posts

April 22 2010 19:28 GMT

#13

Pretty sure I remember seeing them showing a Pandaren Decal on some of the unit buildings at Blizzcon while they were doing the SC2/Battle.net Preview, cannot wait to get this

I'm guessing there is probably going to be the basic ones you can get with achievements and stuff + the exclusive ones from CE.

On April 23 2010 04:10 Wintermute wrote:
Later on, you'll be able to pay real life money for cool decals and avatars.

It's basically just a way for Blizzard to cash in on players desire to be different, the same way they cash in on vanity pets and mounts in WoW.

Didn't even think about this till you mentioned it, but honestly, from Blizzard's standpoint, this wouldn't be a bad idea.

Edit: Some Tournament winner-exclusive ones would be pretty cool as well, like a little trophy or something.

PanzerDragoon

United States822 Posts

April 22 2010 19:28 GMT

#14

I want to put naked chicks on my Banshees like they did back in WWII.

That'd be pretty cool.

OrtegaPeru

79 Posts

April 22 2010 19:41 GMT

#15

I personally like it when companies do stuff like this because it lets them make money through micro-transactions and doesn't affect the gameplay or cause the MP to need a subscription to play. The more money they make post-release from SC2 translates to more post-release support. It takes a lot more to keep things running these days.

starcraft911

Korea (South)1263 Posts

April 22 2010 19:44 GMT

#16

I hope they have an option to disable this crap.

laste

Bulgaria242 Posts

April 22 2010 20:18 GMT

#17

On April 23 2010 04:44 starcraft911 wrote:
I hope they have an option to disable this crap.

+1 on that.

I'd really hate to see the game look like WoW, with the achievements and all that crap might as well add raidbosses x.x

Woija

Denmark61 Posts

April 22 2010 20:25 GMT

#18

On April 23 2010 05:18 laste wrote:

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+1 on that.

I'd really hate to see the game look like WoW, with the achievements and all that crap might as well add raidbosses x.x

Im also abit unsure what i think about achievements and specialy these decals. But on one hand i liked the icon/avartar thingy Blizzard had going on for w3

FrontalMonkey

United States90 Posts

April 22 2010 20:32 GMT

#19

To take a note from a different RTS, I really like the concept of decals b/c it reminds me of the Army Painter in DoW and DoW2. I mean it's one thing to have a color, it's another to have the customization you had in the DoW series.